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VOL. 41 NO. 47
SERVING BETHPAGE, ISLAND TREES, OLD BETHPAGE, PLAINVIEW, SEAFORD AND PLAINEDGE
December 12-18, 2003 FORTY CENTS
MAKE NO 'MISTAKE' ABOUT IT! IT WAS A... WHITE
The blizzard of December
2003 will long be remembered as
the storm that gave us the old 1-2
punch with back-to-back storms
blanketing our community.
Although estimates have varied,
most agree that Long Island was
hit with well over 8.5 inches of
snow. The storm which began on
Friday caused many
cancellations and closings for
events being held that evening
and when the storm continued
it's powerful blast of the old
winter "white" on Saturday those
activities were cancelled as well.
The Bethpage Chamber of
Commerce's Annual Holiday
Lighting Ceremony was just one
of the casualties of this first
storm of the season. Their
traditional evening of holiday
festivities, which always includes
a horse and buggy ride, food and
fun, was cancelled because
Chamber board members were
concerned about the safety of
residents due to the large mounds
of snow, which were everywhere.
The tree however has been lit and
looks gorgeous, as too, do the
decorations, which have been
strung throughout the town.
And speaking of large snow
mounds...huge mountain like
snow piles can be found in our
downtown commuter lots and
various other parking facilities
making parking downtown just
about impossible.
But all this will be a brief
memory, probably by the time
you receive this edition of the
Tribune, as forecasters are
predicting a huge meltdown with
temperatures hitting the 50
degree mark coupled with some
pretty heavy rainfall which is
said to be on its way by the
weekend.
And what did this first
snowfall mean to residents of our
community? Well, many
residents stayed home, put up
their holiday decorations and
cleaned their homes. Some
cherished the quiet time at home
while other were flat out bored.
Children took to the snowy
conditions and built some pretty
cute snowmen, igloos and snow
forts. Other brave souls headed
out to the malls in spite of the
dangerous driving conditions and
tried to take advantage of the
holiday sales. Businesses perhaps
felt the worst punch of the storm
as most shoppers did stay home
and also because this was a
weekend storm, which crippled
the anticipated heavy flow of
retail sales.
The cost of this cleanup for
the county and the town is fairly
high. County officials estimated
that the cost was between $7,000
and $9,000 per hour for crews to
handle the large amounts of
snow.
While, we here at the Tribune,
are by no means qualified to
predict the weather, research has
shown that storm like this which
occur before the official start of
winter have indicated that a
"snow filled" winter lies ahead.
So gear up everyone. It looks like
01' Mother Nature has her
boxing gloves on this year and
we're all in for a pretty tough
fight.
Trees were literally buried in the snow, as large drifts and snowfall
in some places were almost afoot high.
The Bethpage Public Library is barely recognizable as the snow
conies down on Saturday afternoon.
No this is not ML Everest...it's the huge snow pile at the L.I.R.R.
parking lot.

mm til/ ^ -# Jbtttitpuy*
VOL. 41 NO. 47
SERVING BETHPAGE, ISLAND TREES, OLD BETHPAGE, PLAINVIEW, SEAFORD AND PLAINEDGE
December 12-18, 2003 FORTY CENTS
MAKE NO 'MISTAKE' ABOUT IT! IT WAS A... WHITE
The blizzard of December
2003 will long be remembered as
the storm that gave us the old 1-2
punch with back-to-back storms
blanketing our community.
Although estimates have varied,
most agree that Long Island was
hit with well over 8.5 inches of
snow. The storm which began on
Friday caused many
cancellations and closings for
events being held that evening
and when the storm continued
it's powerful blast of the old
winter "white" on Saturday those
activities were cancelled as well.
The Bethpage Chamber of
Commerce's Annual Holiday
Lighting Ceremony was just one
of the casualties of this first
storm of the season. Their
traditional evening of holiday
festivities, which always includes
a horse and buggy ride, food and
fun, was cancelled because
Chamber board members were
concerned about the safety of
residents due to the large mounds
of snow, which were everywhere.
The tree however has been lit and
looks gorgeous, as too, do the
decorations, which have been
strung throughout the town.
And speaking of large snow
mounds...huge mountain like
snow piles can be found in our
downtown commuter lots and
various other parking facilities
making parking downtown just
about impossible.
But all this will be a brief
memory, probably by the time
you receive this edition of the
Tribune, as forecasters are
predicting a huge meltdown with
temperatures hitting the 50
degree mark coupled with some
pretty heavy rainfall which is
said to be on its way by the
weekend.
And what did this first
snowfall mean to residents of our
community? Well, many
residents stayed home, put up
their holiday decorations and
cleaned their homes. Some
cherished the quiet time at home
while other were flat out bored.
Children took to the snowy
conditions and built some pretty
cute snowmen, igloos and snow
forts. Other brave souls headed
out to the malls in spite of the
dangerous driving conditions and
tried to take advantage of the
holiday sales. Businesses perhaps
felt the worst punch of the storm
as most shoppers did stay home
and also because this was a
weekend storm, which crippled
the anticipated heavy flow of
retail sales.
The cost of this cleanup for
the county and the town is fairly
high. County officials estimated
that the cost was between $7,000
and $9,000 per hour for crews to
handle the large amounts of
snow.
While, we here at the Tribune,
are by no means qualified to
predict the weather, research has
shown that storm like this which
occur before the official start of
winter have indicated that a
"snow filled" winter lies ahead.
So gear up everyone. It looks like
01' Mother Nature has her
boxing gloves on this year and
we're all in for a pretty tough
fight.
Trees were literally buried in the snow, as large drifts and snowfall
in some places were almost afoot high.
The Bethpage Public Library is barely recognizable as the snow
conies down on Saturday afternoon.
No this is not ML Everest...it's the huge snow pile at the L.I.R.R.
parking lot.